A “cowardly” thief with a history of preying on the vulnerable who burgled a home and stole a handbag from an elderly woman has been jailed.

Daniel Simms, 42, of Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, burgled a home in Fulbourn in November and stole items including a handbag containing bank cards. Two days later, he stole a handbag containing bank cards from an elderly woman at a Sainsbury's supermarket in Cambridge.

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Detective Sergeant Andrew Gaunt-Warner said: “Simms is a cowardly man who has a history of preying on the elderly and the vulnerable for many years, these latest crimes show that he has not changed and continues to attack the most vulnerable in our society.”